Do you know your plastic footprint? Join others from around the world. Collect your plastic waste (both recyclable and non) for one week or more. Then photograph, tally, and post it here.

What can we learn about our habits and lifestyles by examining our waste? And what changes can each of us make to leave the planet a little less trashy?

November 11, 2009

See Jane Do: Elisa Parker & Jesse Locks, Week 1

See Jane Do is a multimedia program capturing the stories of everyday women doing extraordinary things for the planet. The project is based in Nevada City, CA. After interviewing me for their radio program about plastic, See Jane Do’s Elisa Parker and Jesse Locks, along with Elisa’s family took the trash challenge for one week. Elisa writes:

It was a humbling experience to say the least as my daughters and I counted almost sixty pieces of disposable, single use plastic. Jesse collected twenty-seven pieces. The plastic didn’t last long in our house but it will definitely last forever on the planet.